Resilience Workshop

Do you know what resilience is? Are you familiar with the connections between your own research and such themes as resilience, sustainability and major societal challenges?

FRONT research programme and the Resilience Academy of Oulu (RAO) warmly invite you to an inspiring workshop on resilience on November 18.

Target audience: PhD students, early-stage researchers, later-stage researchers, primarily from the biological, geographical and environmental sciences, and anyone else who is interested in the topic.

Venue: Maisemasali, Library (3rd floor), Linnanmaa campus

Date & time: 18th November 2025, 13:00 – 16:00

Moderator: Dr Stephen Venn

Expert panel: Dr Juraj Svajda, Assoc. Prof Aleksi Räsänen and Dr Maija Toivanen

When we begin our academic careers, at the MSc and PhD stages, we are encouraged to specialize. Then when we begin preparing funding applications and proposals, we are expected to describe how our research is relevant to the major societal challenges, and aligning our research with EU strategy. That can be very challenging for many researchers unless they are used to considering such concepts.

This event will give you the opportunity to discuss with your peers about what resilience is and how your research is relevant to resilience, with input from scientists who are conducting research on resilience.

Coffee & snacks will be served. Welcome!

Register here by 17th of November.

Program

13.00 Opening

13.10 Introduction to workshop

13.20 Workshop session 1

14.00 Presentations
Aleksi Räsänen - Resilience in rural social-ecological systems
Juraj Svajda - Concept of resilience in protected area management
Maija Toivanen - Geodiversity and resilience
Stephen Venn - Ecology and resilience

14.45 Workshop session 2

15.30 Sharing outcomes of small group work, synthesis and discussion

16.00 Closing